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Originally Posted by CoolNard
Yeah, I agree, people who don't even make an attempt to watch anime shouldn't even be classified as people who think differently.
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Well....obviously a person cannot be accused of being narrow-minded or unable to 'think differently' simply because they're not interested in manga/anime. However, the fact that some people think they know everything about manga/anime, even though they've never bothered to read/watch it, definitely makes them deserving of such accusations. (Sorry if it sounds like I'm "correcting" you
I'm an incurable pedantic...)
As for the argument that anime is "pornographic" because of the way women are portrayed, I suppose I have to agree in some respects. Particularly in shounen (young boys) manga, the role of most female characters seems to be to 'cheer on' the male heroes and to look pretty and sexy. Even female characters that are unusually courageous and fearless, such as Temari from Naruto, tend to be oversexed, at least as far as looks are concerned.
Then again, characters like Temari tend to be very popular, particularly (and perhaps surprisingly) among female anime fans. Temari's physical and psychological characteristics, no matter how stereotyped, are obviously something that today's women strongly identify with. o.O
~annelie